Leading-staff for bulls



(No Model.)

S. M. WELLS.

LEADING STAFF FOR BULLS.

Patented Jan. 24,1882.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,638, dated January 24, 1882.

Application filed September 27, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN M. WELLS, of Wetherstield, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvemen tsin Leading-Staff's for Bulls; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whereby a person skilled in the art can make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters in the figures indicate the same parts.

My invention relates to an improved form of staff for leading bulls by means of the ring commonly placed in the cartilage of the nose for this purpose; and its object is to provide a hook for the end of the staff which cannot become unhooked from the ring, in place of the ordinary hook, which is liable to become unfastened by the movements of the animal when vicious.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 shows a side view of my improved hook attached to the staff, a portion of which only is shown, as its length is not material to my invention. Fig. 2 is a longi tudinal section of the same, showing the construction.

Ais the staff, to which my improved hook is attached by means ot a socket in the customary manner.

B is the body of the hook, made of steel or other suitable metal, so that it shall be light and strong. It is carried round in a loop or ring at B to form a hook, and terminates in the elongated pointB serving apurpose which 7 will be hereinafter explained.

C is a hinged tongue turning upon the pin D, which passes through the body B. The tongue is let into a recess in thebody B, so that it is strongly held against any side motion, and can only move by turning upon the pin D.

(No model.)

E is a spring resting in the socket in the body 13, and acting upward or outward upon the inner part of the tongue. so as to hold and press it against the inner side of the loop B. The inner surfaces of the hook B and the tongue C are intended to be nearly in the form of a circle, and to be smooth, so as to leave no irregularity for the ring in the animals nose to catch or rest when the hook is inserted in the ring.

It will be observed that in snap-hooks as ordinarily constructed, when they are hooked into a ring, the ring can be turned oven so as to come against the tongue, and in certain positionsean be drawn through over the top of the tongue and be released. The point or projection B is for the purpose of-preventing this, being intended to be longer than the inner diameter of the ring in the animals nose, so that when the ring lies in the loop or hook B it will not reach over the point B and therefore no part of it can get between the point and the body of the hook B and reach the outer side of the tongue.

My improvement is applicable to all books hooking into rings, where it is desirable that movements both pushing and pulling can by no possibility unhook the ring by pushing back the tongue.

What I claim as my invention is The book B, provided with the spring-tongue C, forming on its inner side part of the circle with B, and the projecting point B extending to the rear of C, said point being longer from the circle of the hook thanthe inner diameter of thering placed in the animals nose, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

STEPHEN M. WELLs.

Witnesses: v

Tnno. G. ELLIS, WILMOT HORTON. 

